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Dinophyceae: Peridiniales: Ceratiaceae
Dinoflagellida: Diniferina: Peridiniidae

Ceratium hirundinella
(O.F. Müller) Schrank 1882 (Mizuno & Takahashi eds. 2000)
(O.F. Müller) Dujardin 1841 (John et al. eds. 2002)

Ceratium Genus: Body flattened; with one anterior and 1-4 posterior horn-like processes; chloroplasts yellow, brown, or greenish; numerous species (Kudo, 1960).

Species:


Ceratium hirundinella (O.F. Müller) Schrank 1882, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Lake Biwa, Maibara city (formerly Maihara town), Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Ceratium hirundinella Ceratium hirundinella Ceratium hirundinella Ceratium hirundinella Ceratium hirundinella

Images of collecting locality: Lake Biwa near Irie bridge, Maibara city (formerly Maihara town), Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii


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